The Food and Wine Festival is heading online, and FAWF Creative Director Pat Nourse talks about the nifty ways restaurants are coming to us in our homes; Freelance food writer Dani Valent discusses…
Joseph Vargetto of Melbourne's Mister Bianco restaurant transports us to Sicily and talks about the magic of Sicilian cooking; Restaurant industry consultant Tony Eldred discusses the impacts of COVID on the sector, and…
Guests galore pay tribute to the late, great, much-loved Vernon Chalker, founder of Gin Palace. Featuring Miss Pearl from Madame Brussels, Gerald Diffey from Geralds Bar, and Sebastian Reaburn and Ben Luzz from…
Amongst the Covid chaos we spoke to Melbourne Food & Wine Festival's Pat Nourse, caught up with John at the market, and spoke to Jane Grylls about quarantined Mother's Day options.
Food writer Dani Valent gives her tips for cooking duck; Shannon Martinez of Smith and Daughters chats about how they are fighting the fight with the pandemic, and the success of their deli…
We spoke about some of our recent isolation food experiments and deliveries, chatted to Bellota Wine Bar's chef Nicky Reimer about the crazy industry changes, and talked gnocci with Russell Bald.
Caterina Borsato of Caterina's Cucina e Bar discusses the wonders of Italian rituals over Easter; John from the Queen Vic Market gives a special Easter Sunday market report with insights into his family…
Food writer and author Michael Harden joined us to talk restaurant take-away, John gave us an update from the market, and Prossimo Wine’s Duncan Buchanan gave us an update on the 2020 vintage.
This was probably the most dramatic week in the history of hospitality in Australia... to try and make sense of it all we spoke to Broadsheet's Editorial Director Katya Wachtel, Worksmith CEO Michael…
We had an extended chat about the Covid-19 impacts on the restaurant industry, spoke to Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnell about the early mushroom season, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market…
We spoke to John at the Queen Vic Market, our old 3RRR buddy Digger dropped in to the studio to talk about our transition into Autumn, and wine maker Duncan Buchanan spoke about…
Bellota Wine Bar's Nicky Reimer joined us to talk about what she's been cooking over summer, finally caught up with John at the QVM for the first time in 2020, and checked in…
Today we spoke to Blaze Aid Vice President Christine Male about their efforts trying to assist fire affected farmers, we spoke to restaurateur Jesse Gurner about the industry's Feb Fire Fund, and we…
Our last show for 2019! We caught up with John at the market, talked about the impacts of climate change on the wine industry with Max Allen, and mixed a fruity cocktail with…
Today we had a rather rowdy show looking at some of the food trends in 2019 with writers Hilary McNevin and Michael Harden, and enjoyed a mixed drink with Union Electric's Huw Griffiths.
Today we spoke to Tony Eldred about how a good restaurant can be affected by bad acoustics, had a market report from John, and chatted to Sea Bounty Mussels' Lance Wiffen about how…
Today we spoke to Deakin University's Professor Russell Keast about what we know - and what we don't know - about the way our mouths perceive texture in food. PLUS we had a…
Today we spoke about the ongoing industry issue around staff underpayment (AKA wage theft), had a chat to Brae's chef and owner Dan Hunter about his recent Good Food Guide Restaurant of the…
Today we spoke to Australia's Fisheries Research & Development Corporation's Crispian Ashby about their new app "SAFS", caught up with John at the QVM, and chatted about the 40th anniversary edition of the…
Today we spoke to Sustainability Victoria's CEO Karl Muller about the new laws around disposal of e-waste, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market, and chatted to one of Melbourne's leading…
Today we spoke to Maker & Monger's Anthony Femnia about sourcing Comte cheese from France, Baker Bleu's Mike Russell spoke about his journey into baking, and Jamsheed winemaker Gary Mills spoke about his…
Today we spoke to Melbourne super-chef Andrew McConnell, had a market report with John, and paired some riesling with a leek tart with winemaker Duncan Buchanan.
Today we spoke to Dr Renae Beale from the Royal Society of Victoria about the upcoming Extra-Sensory event at Parliament House, chatted about Ethiopian cuisine with Saba Alamayoh, and talked about the new-wave…
We spoke to industry veteran Tony Eldridge about the industry's wage-theft problems, and also chatted to Pat Nourse about his role in the San Pel Top 50 list and how he thinks the…
Today we spoke to Simon Blancher about his upcoming food event underneath Fed Square, Bellota Wine Bar's Nicky Reimer told us what she's cooking to stay warm in winter, and Shaun Byrne talked…
Today we spoke to Dr Gie Liem about the upcoming Science Week "Extrasensory" event at Parliament House, caught up with John at the market, and talked Australian spirits with Union Electric's Huw Griffith.
Today we spoke to Dr Rosemary Stanton about the emergence of the food star rating system back into the news, we had a market report from John at the Queen Victoria Market, and…
Two legends of the Melbourne hospitality scene joined us in-studio today, Matteo Pignatelli from North Fitzroy’s Matteos Restaurant and Gail Donovan from St Kilda’s Donovans. PLUS we talked all things Campari with their…
Today's show was all about the Queen Vic Market! We had a market update from John, a preview of next week's truffle festival at the QVM, and also spoke to Julie Boening about…
It's mushroom season! And we had a chat to Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnell about what he was able to find on a forest floor this Sunday morning. We also spoke to Matt Wilkinson…
Today we spoke to Annam's Jerry Mai about her new book Street Food Vietnam, chatted to super-chef Donovan Cooke about his upcoming collaboration with the Gin Palace, and we discussed home made raspberry…
Today we spoke to Burch & Purchese's Darren Purchese about his new book "Chefs Eat Breakfast Too", Smith & Daughters chef Shannon Martinez chatted about how to cook a decent quality meal for…
On today's program we spoke to Phil Kelly about next weekend's Kellybrook Cider Festival, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market, and chatted to Dr Tim Crowe about some of the…
